Based on the fact that you took the time to post your comment, I presume you are aware that there is an irreducible but surprisingly large minority of voting-age citizens in this country, and probably in this village, that take a view of this situation that is precisely the opposite of yours.

I would never have thought it possible that rational adults could devolve into fits of wailing and teeth-gnashing on the occasion of a steep drop in gasoline prices, but nobody should be under any misapprehension as to whether what I say is true.

I’ll leave it to others to identify notable examples of this group (e.g., among our national political leadership) and to relate their typical justification for taking such a contrary view. Suffice it to say, it’s not a terribly easy position to adopt as one’s own without undergoing a long and steady process of rationalization, victimization, and blame-shifting obfuscation.